ghetto blocks?

[Son Goku the monkeyking]

i was in are local borders the other day, reading this moths inside kungfu magazine and there was an artical in it to get these tapes for some sort fo new streetfighting martial arts that is usaually only taught to elite gang soldiers in the ghettos of places like LA it suppose to be a style called ghetto blocks that the article said LITERLY THE MOST DEADLY FIGHTING STYL EVER, because it is made for street fighting and to kill, not to mention onlymake fights take like about 15 seconds. it even whent own to say that all these random kungufu and karate dojos dont work in a real world because they are not for these times. it supposedly also started out with millitary backgrounds but was passed down to the hood and elite street gangs, and the guy who, sponscering the tapes( thats right u can only learn it from tapes ) says to be a ex gang member who when to prison discovered this killing fighting style gave his life to God and tnow is selling tapes own this Art. to Me this seems like a load of crap but i wanted to now what u guys thought of this so called strongest fighting style ever.

PEACE halla at cha boy

[mean fighter]

I think I saw this is BB magezine two nights before. My cousin says that out in LA,Crips payed MA schools out thereto teach there gang members on how to fight.

[glockmeister]

"MOST DEADY STREET FIGHTING TECHNIQUE!"

Sounds like about a gazillion ads for different style of one stripe or another. Funny, this ex hoodlum has now giving his life to God, so what does he do? try to market and sell to gangsters a lethal art designed to kill. I never heard of any style that was taight to "elite gang members" Maybe I missed something. Seems everyone in this country is looking to make a buck.

[elbows_and_knees]

If this is what I think it is, then it's actually a valid system - and a very good one. Remember the movie "lethal weapon"? the MA style mel gibson used was based partially on this style. I haven't seen the tape or ad you are referring to, but it sounds like it may be '52 blocks'. it's a prison martial arts system that focuses on infighting. lots of elbows_and_knees. knifework, etc. It goes by several names depending on what region of the country you are in - 52 blocks, knockin and kickin, comstock and the most common name - jail house rock.

It's got it's roots in african arts - It's closely related to the infighting of capoeira - and is typically only taught to blacks - for this reason I kind of doubt the video you saw, but who knows, he may be legit.

[elbows_and_knees]

here's a nice link I came across:

http://www.osmalandrosdemestretouro.bigstep.com/generic.html;$sessionid$T4IIXIIAAAC1HTZENUFUTIWPERWRJPX0?pid=2

[shogeri]

what the world needs now, is love, sweet love...

not ghetto blocks...

[elbows_and_knees]

I think I saw this is BB magezine two nights before. My cousin says that out in LA,Crips payed MA schools out thereto teach there gang members on how to fight.

That actually wouldn't surprise me. I know several bloods who boxed.

[yasureubetcha]

Sorry to kind of change the topic, but I have NEVER bought a martial arts magazine? Should I? Do they have like tips and "do it yourself" type things in it?

Just wondering ... hehe.

[elbows_and_knees]

just go to the newsstand and look at one...

[liquidkudzu]

If this is what I think it is, then it's actually a valid system - and a very good one. Remember the movie "lethal weapon"? the MA style mel gibson used was based partially on this style.

Actually, that was Gracie Jiu-jitsu in Lethal Weapon. Rorion Gracie (Royce's older brother and the then head of that style) choreographed the fights in the movie.

Read here:

http://www.gracieacademy.com/rorion_gracie.html (9th paragaph down)

&

http://www.aikidojournal.com/article.php?articleID=90

here is the section of that very long interview that I am referring to:

A production assistant for the movie "Lethal Weapon" had seen one of my fights against a kickboxer. The script had a big fighting scene and the director needed a fight coordinator. The man who had seen me told the director: "Look, you've got to meet this guy. He's the best." So the director hired me to choreograph the fight and teach Mel Gibson and Gary Busey for "Lethal Weapon I." A couple of years later I worked with Rene Russo on "Lethal Weapon 3." I not only trained her, but also when it came time for the fight scene, they hired me as a stunt man.

lk